How do you initialise a dynamic array in C++?

Question

How do I achieve the dynamic equivalent of this static array initialisation:

char c[2] = {};  // Sets all members to \'\\0\';

In other word

Answer 1

Two ways:

char *c = new char[length];
std::fill(c, c + length, INITIAL_VALUE);
// just this once, since it's char, you could use memset

Or:

std::vector c(length, INITIAL_VALUE);

In my second way, the default second parameter is 0 already, so in your case it's unnecessary:

std::vector c(length);

[Edit: go vote for Fred's answer, char* c = new char[length]();]